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Exploring the play of middle childhood children in a poor community in the North West Province: caregivers’ experiences
(Univ Stellenbosch, 2017)Play is affected by the specific community and culture children live in. Through an explorative descriptive design this qualitative study explored the experiences of play of middle childhood children in a poor community ... -
Exploring the role, needs and challenges of relatives of mothers with HIV or HIV and psychosis: a qualitative study
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2016)This study explored types and nature of supports by relatives of mothers living with HIV and psychosis in comparison to mothers with HIV only. Interview data on their experiences of their roles, needs and challenges were ... -
Exploring the supportive needs of volunteers working with sexually abused children in Somerset West
(SAPSAC (South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children), 2013)The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the supportive needs of volunteers working with sexually abused children in Somerset West. Six participants working as volunteers at a specific organisation were recruited ... -
Exploring the validity of the values-in-action inventory of strengths (VIA-IS) in an African context
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Exploring young black persons' narratives about the apartheid past
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)This study examined intergeneration narratives about the apartheid past through the retelling of 14 young black South Africans aged 16 to 21 (males =6, females =8). A qualitative categorical-content data analysis underpinned ... -
An exposure assessment of a laboratory assistant to hazardous chemical substances
(Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, North-West University, 2009)A survey was conducted to measure exposure to hazardous chemical substances of a laboratory assistant working in a university laboratory, who complained of symptoms that could be indicative of chemical absorption. This ... -
Exposure to high levels of fumarate and succinate leads to apoptotic cytotoxicity and altered global DNA methylation profiles in vitro
(Elsevier, 2017)In the Krebs cycle, succinate is oxidized to fumarate by succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), followed by the conversion of fumarate to malate by fumarate hydratase (FH). In cells with defective SDH and FH, the Krebs cycle is ... -
Exposures during industrial 3-D printing and post-processing tasks
(Emerald, 2018)Purpose This paper aims to measure exposures to airborne contaminants during three-dimensional (3-D) printing and post-processing tasks in an industrial workplace. Design/methodology/approach Contaminant concentrations ... -
Expression of inflammatory markers in a genetic rodent model of depression
(Elsevier, 2015)The complex bidirectional communication between the central nervous system and the peripheral immune system is of possible relevance for both normal brain functions and the development of psychiatric disorders. The aim of ... -
The expression of plasticity-related genes in an acute model of stress is modulated by chronic desipramine in a time-dependent manner within medial prefrontal cortex
(Elsevier, 2017)It is well established that stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric diseases. Stress-induced alteration of synaptic plasticity has been hypothesized to underlie the morphological changes observed ... -
Expressive art in cross-cultural group supervision: applying the Mmogo-method
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Extent and nature of motor difficulties based on age, ethnicity, gender and socio–economic status in a selected group of three–to five–year–old children
(Stellenbosch Univ, 2015)Attention to adequate motor development is important during the pre–school years, to minimise possible motor difficulties when the child grows older. The aim of this study was to establish the nature and extent of motor ... -
Extracellular matrix biomarker, fibulin-1, is closely related to NT-proBNP and soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor in patients with aortic valve stenosis (The SEAS study)
(2014-07-11)Background: Fibulin-1, a circulating extracellular matrix glycoprotein, has been associated with arterial disease and elevated N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in diabetes. Soluble urokinase ... -
Extracellular matrix biomarker, Fibulin–1 and Its association with Soluble uPAR in a Bi-ethnic South African population: the SAfrEIC study
(Elsevier, 2015)Background Fibulin-1 and soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) emerged as mediators in the development of sclerotic disease. SuPAR along with C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin delineate ... -
The fabrication and characterization of a PLGA nanoparticle–Pheroid® combined drug delivery system
(Springer, 2017)The combination of polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) as a core and lipid vesicles as a shell has emerged to be a robust and promising drug delivery strategy. This study explores the development of a novel combined delivery ... -
Facile preparation of N-glycosylated 10-piperazinyl artemisinin derivatives and evaluation of their antimalarial and cytotoxic activities
(MDPI, 2018)According to the precepts that C-10 amino-artemisinins display optimum biological activities for the artemisinin drug class, and that attachment of a sugar enhances specificity of drug delivery, polarity and solubility so ... -
Facilitated defensive coping, silent ischaemia and ECG left-ventricular hypertrophy: the SABPA study
(Kluwer, 2012)Background: Defensive active coping responses (being-in-control, acceptance of the stressor as reality) have been associated with vascular hyper-responsiveness in urban Africans. However, the association between active ... -
Facilitating appreciative inquiry in combination with the World Café method in a low socio-economic environment
(ALARA Inc, 2016)This article highlights the use of combining appreciative inquiry (AI) and the World Café method (WCM), two popular and widely used approaches, not yet utilized as a methodological combination to facilitate change and ... -
Facilitation in problem-based learning: Experiencing the locus of control
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Facilitators and barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in public South African hospitals
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Objective: The South African National Department of Health released guidelines and recommendations for antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs to be established in public healthcare facilities. Their implementation remains ...